Re: DNS malarky
- From: Dale Walker <dale@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:30:31 +0100
Yeah. That's probably the best way to sort out the problem.
Pity they've only got one patch panel for the telephones and none for
the network. At the moment all the networking goes directly to the
switch box.
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 06:48:06 +1000, "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]"
<not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>all offices in the building are probably wired back to a central patch panel
>with a switch, buy another and put it in the same area, unplug the cables
>for your client's offices from the main switch and plug them into the new.
>Bingo, seperate network.
>
>Configure SBS 'external' to one of the availabble IP's.
>Bog standard SBS. 2NIC, router.
>
>"Dale Walker" <dale@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:5r5mc11ob2a31g4l4cn3nbe0uc9r6gskip@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Just got a job installing SBS 2003 for some friends (amazing how many
>> 'best' friends you suddenly get when they buy new gear for their
>> office). Anyway, they heard I've set up a couple of small servers and
>> they suddenly think I'm an expert in DNS issues. However, I have to
>> admit I'm out of my depth as when it comes to SBS setup of DNS, I
>> usually just let the SBS wizards sort it out.
>>
>> They've got a series of 3 offices in a serviced office block. They've
>> got 8 PCs scattered over the offices linked up by the buildings shared
>> networking infrastructure (requiring fixed IP addresses for all PCs
>> linked up to it). They've been assigned an IP range for their PCs and
>> now they want to add a 2 NIC SBS 2003 to the mix.
>>
>> The office service people have given them the following IP addresses
>> they can use.
>>
>> Range : xxx.xxx.200.65 -> xxx.xxx.200.78
>> subnet: 255.255.255.240
>> Router: xxx.xxx.200.65
>> DNS1 : xxx.xxx.195.1
>> DNS2 : xxx.xxx.195.2
>>
>> What would be the best way to configure the system considering there's
>> no way of physically separating the physical networking to 'internal'
>> and 'external' as the offices are not next to each other and there's
>> no scope for patching.
>>
>> The standard install wizards can't seem to cope with this little setup
>> so I'm going to have to cobble up some sort of compromise solution.
>>
>> Is it possible and/or worthwhile to somehow split the range into two,
>> have one bit acting as sort of 'virtual' external range and the other
>> acting as a 'virtual' internal range despite being on the same
>> physical network? Or would it be more straightforward to just use one
>> NIC? I'm aware of the security issues but at least the office block
>> has a hardware firewall to trap external problems.
>>
>> In any case, as the SBS wizards don't seem to like the restrictions
>> placed by the service people, could someone help me with setting up
>> the DNS manually?
>>
>> ---
>> Dale Walker
>> London Techno Events
>> dale@sorted,org
>> http://london.sorted.org
>
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